# Chalking Tires **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 23, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalking-tires/832919 "2019-04-23T01:58:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalking-tires/832919/41 "2019-04-26T17:51:03Z")
> [@LTU2](#): > > What about Marsh as a PRIVATE town and the 1st AM ruling? Marsh involved a company town - which I said might be an exception. > [@](#): > > What about this one, where is the government nexus, (there is none), read Conclusion to speed up the reading or read it all. > > [Venetian Casino Resort v. Local Joint Exec. Bd., 45 F. Supp. 2d 1027 (D. Nev. 1999) :: Justia](https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/45/1027/2498593/) Ok, so there are few cases where private sidewalks are either indistinguishable from the adjacent public sidewalks or there are no public sidewalks. One involves a company town and another involves a “private” organization controlled by a municipal and a county government. he The last falls into such a limited exception ( it replaced the public sidewalk , connected to public sidewalks and was functioning as a public sidewalk) that it doesn’t even make sense to bring it up in response to my full sentence > [@](#): > > It wouldn’t be a fourth amendment violation if a private parking lot owner required you to allow chalking the tire - only governments can violate your constitutional rights. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalking-tires/832919/42 "2019-04-26T18:21:21Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > ^ Chalk marks are made exactly at the 6 o’clock position on both tires facing the street. It’s unlikely one would drive away, park, and have both chalk marks in the exact position. “Judge, I happen to enjoy putting chalk marks at the 6 o’clock position on my own tires when I park and completely washing off all of the old chalk marks” isn’t likely to be a believable defense. The guy who patrols around my office doesn’t even get out of his car but reaches out with a long stick with chalk on the end and marks the top of the tire at 12:00. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalking-tires/832919/43 "2019-04-26T18:53:22Z")
^ Short arms. ---
**Author:** ![LTU2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@LTU2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LTU2)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalking-tires/832919/44 "2019-04-27T00:24:47Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > ^ Short arms. Long Arm of the Law! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalking-tires/832919/45 "2019-04-27T00:27:34Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > The guy who patrols around my office doesn’t even get out of his car but reaches out with a long stick with chalk on the end and marks the top of the tire at 12:00. That’s how it works in my neighborhood in San Diego. They drive around in little 1-person vehicles, marking with chalk using a long stick. They barely stop the vehicle to make the mark. It’s a very quick process. I suppose that allows each person to cover a wider area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalking-tires/832919.md?page=2)